Morrison Foerster has seen four partners exit across Asia this week for Baker McKenzie and PRC firm Jingtian & Gongcheng, including Shirin Tang, the managing partner of its Singapore office.
Tang will join Baker McKenzie in Singapore, where the firm operates as a joint law venture called Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, alongside fellow M&A/private equity partner Lip Kian Ang. Two non-partner lawyers are moving over with them, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Meantime Hong Kong-based corporate transactions partner Vivian Yiu is departing for Jingtian & Gongcheng, with capital markets specialist Ke Huang, who is currently based in MoFo’s Shanghai office, also set to join the firm in Hong Kong.
The departures leave MoFo with 17 partners across Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai according to its website. Until recently Huang had been based in both Shanghai and the representative office in Beijing that MoFo announced it was closing earlier this year.
A MoFo spokesperson commented: “We thank the attorneys for their contributions to the firm and wish them well in their next endeavours. We maintain our longstanding commitment to MoFo’s presence in Asia and look forward to continuing to support our clients here.”
